People
Faculty
Patrick Murphy
Title
- Assistant Professor
- Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Education
- Ph.D., English Literature, University of Wisconsin, 2007
- M.A., English Literature, University of Wisconsin, 2001
- B.A., English, Denison University, 2000
Teaching and research Interests
- Old and Middle English literature
- Medievalism
- History of the English Language
- Comics and graphic novels
Selected Publications
- Unriddling the Exeter Riddles. Penn State University Press. April, 2011.
- “Bocstafas: A Literal Reading of Exeter Book Riddle 57.” Philological Quarterly 84.2 (Spring 2005): 139-60.
- “Leo ond beo: Exeter Book Riddle 17 as Samson’s Lion.” English Studies 88.4 (August 2007): 371-87.
- “The Riders of the Celestial Wain in Exeter Book Riddle 22.” Notes and Queries 251.4 (December 2006): 401-07.
Work in Progress
With Fred Porcheddu of Denison University, a book on the medievalist fiction of M.R. James.